Vitamin D deficiency associated with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis: a meta-analysis of 55 observational studies

Abstract Purpose To investigate the association of serum levels of 25(OH)D and 1,25(OH)2D3 in healthy and non-healthy controls with Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC). Methods Three electronic databases: PubMed, EMbase and EBSCOhost CINAHL, were searched for observational studies to me...

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Main Authors: Xi-Xi Li, Yang Liu, Jie Luo, Zhen-Dong Huang, Chao Zhang, Yan Fu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-09-01
Series:Journal of Translational Medicine
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12967-019-2070-5